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Ok, so a respectable blogger (Rob from Google AdSense) has asked for me to post my RSS feed on my site. "What is that?," you may ask. You can google it for the technical definition, but I'll give you the layman's version. The RSS feed allows lazy/passive, or better yet efficient ;P, readers to receive updates from internet sites, including my blog site, every day without lifting a finger (after the initial set-up). I like to think of it like a newspaper of everything that you do want to read. Readers can read it when they want and where they want (from their email box or go to a central location on the internet). However, I do want to point out, that I did recently purchase the easy-to-remember domain name, www.smhyla.com...

For my old blog, Xanga allowed for free subscriptions, but all readers were required to sign up for a Xanga membership. There is still a membership per se, but it's not limited to Xanga or blogs. For example, you can have RSS feeds to your favorite sports internet site (important for the guys!), news site, a couple blogs (for blogaholics like me), the Word of the Day by Dictionary.com, comments from your Flickr site (awesome!), etc. You don't need any more bookmarks and you don't need to have so many browser windows open (hint hint, Maragin).

I've signed up for FeedBurner to post my RSS feed. This is convenient for advanced bloggers who already have signed up. I've taken an extra step to make it soooooo easy for blogger-virgins, like me. I also signed up for FeedBlitz (partner with FeedBurner), which is a competitor to Bloglet for those who recognize that provider. On the right panel of my site, there is a simple email subscription form (see below too). Just type in your email address, and the rest is easy and free. I'm trying it out right now- so far, so good.

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I'm only a 10-month old blogger (but still a blogger-virgin to Blogger), so I'd like to hear any feedback on FeedBlitz or such. I'll give my own feedback by next month too. I'm still setting up this new blog site slowly but surely, so let me know if there is any other cool tools to use in the blogosphere. Happy reading!